Locking-clip.



J. H. ABBOTT.

LOCKING CL|P.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1914.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

IN VENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, D.c.

JAMES HERMAN ABBOTT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LOCKING-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 27, 1914. Serial No. 847,597.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES HERMAN AB- BOTT, acitizen of the United States, residing at 2534 South Twentieth street,Philadelphia. in the county of Philadelphia and'State ofPennsylvaniznhave invented a certain new and useful Locking-Clip, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a clip, the point of which, asthe clip is being set, automatically locks within the clip and throughan integral part of it.

Further purposes of my invention will appear in the specification andclaim hereof.

I have preferred to illustrate my invention by one form thereof whichhas proved to be practicable,'efiicient and inexpensive and which at thesame time well illustrates the principles of my invention. g Figure l isa perspective view ofthe preferred form of my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the structure of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of the clip clenched through a single thickness ofcloth. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which my preferred formof clip is bent.

My clip is designed for use in securing papers together, fastening pricetickets, laundry tags, etc., in place, and other like duty where thesecurity of the fastening is an object.

The body 1 of my clip is bent, as at 2, so

that the outer parts of the body 3 and t diverge to give the necessaryspacing between the downwardly and slightly inwardly bent prong'5 andthe upwardly and inwardly bent locking plate 6. The end of the prong, asat 7, is preferably directed slightly inwardly with respectto the restof the prong, so as to meet the plane of the plate 6 at a desirableangle for puncturing the material and meet the face 8 of the bodyportion 3 at an acute angle so as to be bent inwardly thereagainst,without requiring excessive initial inward slope of the entire prong.

As the ends 3, 4 of the bodyl are pressed together the end of the prongis adapted to pierce the material clipped and then pass Patented Mar.'7, 1916.

and is clenched about the end 10 of thelocking plate 6, as best seen inFig.3, retaining the ends of the body 8 and 4 tightly together againstdisplacement and gripping the material to which the clip is attachedtightly between the parts.

The locking feature of my clip is highly I advantageous, both for thepurpose of preventing accidental displacement of the ends 11 and 12 andbecause it maintains the desired grip upon the material 13 clipped withless yielding from the spring of the material than when the lock isomitted.

T heclip may obviously carry any embelattached thereto, whether for merebeauty or purposes of utility, and may under such circumstances, findits chief use in the placing of'this character or symbol upon thematerial theaperture, the prong and locking plate 'lishment,advertisement, indexing or decoration upon the outer part of its body,or

)ro'ectin at acute an les toward each other from their respective endsof the body portion and the prong meeting a plane portion of the bodyadjacent to the locking plate at an acute angle and being turned therebyto ward the middle of the body portion.

JAMES HERMAN ABBOTT.

Vitnesses:

WM. STEELL J ACKSON, J. LUTHERIA KAUFFMA Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,Washington, D. C.

